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Last month Film Inquiry contributor Rachael Sampson reviewed The New York Film Academy’s newly released infographic exploring gender representation in cinema. In addition to this infographic, the NYFA also published statistics on the portrayal of drugs in movies from 1894 to 2014 for us to review. I’ve always been interested in how society’s feelings towards something considered more ‘taboo’ like drugs is mirrored, if at all, in pop culture, especially in the context of film.
The New York Film Academy have kindly asked for Film Inquiry to discuss and respond to their new infographics. With one of their topics being on gender inequality in cinema (seen below and also found here), I was instantly drawn to writing this article because the issue is very close to my heart, alongside the fact that I would like to go into the cinematic industry when I am older. Will my gender affect my chances of having a job in this male-dominated industry?
We came across the following infographic, which features some of the most famous properties you’ve seen in film and on television. It includes the properties used for Blade Runner, Driving Miss Daisy, Home Alone and Downton Abbey. Please click on the infographic to enlarge it so you can actually read it – it’s a big one!
The New York Film Academy recently published a pretty awesome infographic on their website, featuring the top 10 darkest characters in film. I’ve been known to be partial to the darker characters – I’m still a bit unsure whether I’ve a dark passenger of my own inside me or not, but I can’t help but always like the dark characters more than the happy ones. As I see it, they make any story more interesting.
Ever since Spider-Man came out in 2002, I’ve become a fan of comic book-based films. While not the guru my boyfriend is, I know my way around the Marvel Universe pretty well. But I always wondered – why isn’t Spidey in any of “The Avengers” movies!?
I found this nifty graphic a while ago while browsing the web. It caught my attention immediately: as I was a bit of a high school nerd myself, I was always quick to like the high school nerds in movies.
I stumbled across the following and it was just too awesome not to share: a map of set locations of over 2000 films, spanning the last 100 years! I’ve been exploring the map, checking out especially the more exotic, out-there locations.
Quentin Tarantino’s movies stand out for many reasons, but chief among them is the extreme violence. Many people have fake-died in front of his camera. And with many, I mean 560 people.
The following infographic has been shared around the web many times over. Many have taken these numbers for proof that creativity and originality is waning in Hollywood. Let’s see what it has to say:
The most memorable and famous movie quotes of all time (as listed by the American Film Institute) visualized in an infographic. This is awesome.
Alas, the Oscars, and with that, the awards season are over – we have a sad. Let’s celebrate the winners (and wallow in our sadness) with some infographics!
It’s less than a week to go for the big event of the Academy Awards! On March 2, the 86th Academy Awards will take place, presented by Ellen DeGeneres. The event usually takes place a week earlier, but was scheduled a week later to prevent broadcasting conflicts with the 2014 Winter Olympics.